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xPack xPack QEMU RISC-V v9.2.4-1 released

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Version 9.2.4-1.1 is a new release; it follows the upstream QEMU release.

The xPack QEMU RISC-V is a standalone cross-platform binary distribution of QEMU.

There are separate binaries for Windows (x64), macOS (x64 and arm64) and GNU/Linux (x64 and arm64).

Raspberry Pi

The main targets for the GNU/Linux Arm binaries are the Raspberry Pi class devices (aarch64 only; armv6 and armv7l are no longer supported).

Download

The binary files are available from GitHub Releases.

Prerequisites

  • x64 Windows: Windows 7 with the Universal C Runtime (UCRT), Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11
  • x64 macOS: 11.0 or later
  • arm64 macOS: 11.0 or later
  • x64 GNU/Linux: any system with GLIBC 2.28 or higher (like Ubuntu 20 or later, Debian 10 or later, RedHat 8 or later, Fedora 29 or later, etc)
  • arm64 GNU/Linux: any system with GLIBC 2.28 or higher (like Raspberry Pi OS, Ubuntu 20 or later, Debian 10 or later, RedHat 8 or later, Fedora 29 or later, etc)

Install

The easiest way to install this specific version, is by using xpm:

xpm install @xpack-dev-tools/qemu-riscv@9.2.4-1.1 -verbose

Comprehensive instructions for installing xPack xPack QEMU RISC-V on different platforms can be found in the Install Guide.

Compliance

The xPack QEMU RISC-V currently is based on the official QEMU, with no major changes.

The current version is based on:

  • QEMU version 9.2.4, from 28 May 2025.

Changes

Compared to the master qemu-system-riscv*, there are no major changes.

The supported boards and CPUs are:

$ .../xpack-qemu-riscv-9.2.4-1/bin/qemu-system-riscv32 -machine help
Supported machines are:
none empty machine
opentitan RISC-V Board compatible with OpenTitan
sifive_e RISC-V Board compatible with SiFive E SDK
sifive_u RISC-V Board compatible with SiFive U SDK
spike RISC-V Spike board (default)
virt RISC-V VirtIO board
$ .../xpack-qemu-riscv-9.2.4-1/bin/qemu-system-riscv32 -cpu help
Available CPUs:
lowrisc-ibex
max
rv32
rv32e
rv32i
sifive-e31
sifive-e34
sifive-u34

$ .../xpack-qemu-riscv-9.2.4-1/bin/qemu-system-riscv64 -machine help
Supported machines are:
microchip-icicle-kit Microchip PolarFire SoC Icicle Kit
none empty machine
shakti_c RISC-V Board compatible with Shakti SDK
sifive_e RISC-V Board compatible with SiFive E SDK
sifive_u RISC-V Board compatible with SiFive U SDK
spike RISC-V Spike board (default)
virt RISC-V VirtIO board
$ .../xpack-qemu-riscv-9.2.4-1/bin/qemu-system-riscv64 -cpu help
Available CPUs:
lowrisc-ibex
max
max32
rv32
rv32e
rv32i
rv64
rv64e
rv64i
rva22s64
rva22u64
shakti-c
sifive-e31
sifive-e34
sifive-e51
sifive-u34
sifive-u54
thead-c906
veyron-v1
x-rv128

Bug fixes

  • none

Enhancements

  • none

Known problems

  • none

Documentation

The original documentation is available on-line:

Build

The binaries for all supported platforms (Windows, macOS and GNU/Linux) were built using the xPack Build Box (XBB), a set of build environments based on slightly older distributions, that should be compatible with most recent systems.

For the prerequisites and more details on the build procedure, please see the Maintainer Info page.

CI tests

Before publishing, a set of simple tests were performed on an exhaustive set of platforms. The results are available from:

Tests

TBD

Checksums

The SHA-256 hashes for the files are:

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xpack-qemu-riscv-9.2.4-1-darwin-x64.tar.gz

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xpack-qemu-riscv-9.2.4-1-linux-arm64.tar.gz

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xpack-qemu-riscv-9.2.4-1-linux-x64.tar.gz

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xpack-qemu-riscv-9.2.4-1-win32-x64.zip

Deprecation notices

GNU/Linux minimum requirements

The minimum requirement is GLIBC 2.28, available starting with Ubuntu 20, Debian 10 and RedHat 8. Support for RedHat 7 was dropped in 2022. Support for Ubuntu 18 was dropped in 2025.

32-bit support

Support for 32-bit x64 GNU/Linux and x64 Windows was dropped in 2022 and for 32-bit Arm GNU/Linux in 2025.

Pre-deprecation notice for x64 macOS

Apple has discontinued support for the x64 (Intel) architecture. GitHub will no longer support this architecture on macOS after the macOS 15 runner image is retired in November 2027; building and testing x64 macOS binaries will become more difficult, requiring a self-hosted runner, and cannot be guaranteed in the long term.

You should begin migrating your projects to arm64-based (Apple Silicon) binaries to prepare for this possible deprecation.

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